Programmers, I need clarification and ideas on spread

dkilmer

Tham gia từ Jun 07, 2015 92bài viết

Jan 26, 2017 at 01:34

Tham gia từ Jun 07, 2015 92bài viết

I am currently working on a ea that is a scalping strategy . It is performing decently well on EUR/USD and I am realizing it is because the spread is relatively low ( or the lowest at any given time ). The strategy will work super well on any other instrument as long as I set the spread really low, but the average spread it than performs horrible.
So , I tried adding the spread to the stops, but no good. What could I be missing? Or am I at a impasse?

Thanks in advance

Everything in the market is like a fart, if you have to force it, it is probably shit

XharpScalper

Tham gia từ Apr 25, 2012 269bài viết

Jan 26, 2017 at 06:02

Tham gia từ Apr 25, 2012 269bài viết

I tried adding the spread to the stops..

Increase it a bit more than just spread give it few pips more, if your strategy works well it will continue to do so.

dkilmer

Tham gia từ Jun 07, 2015 92bài viết

Jan 26, 2017 at 07:10

Tham gia từ Jun 07, 2015 92bài viết

Thank you.

I did add the spread to the stops, and just now tried adding a bit more just in case. I have messed around with it quite a bit to see if I could figure out why the spread is affecting it so much.
So far, it will only work in one instrument, the EUR/USD , while the others will only work if the spread is a below average, which is actually the norm for the EUR/USD.

Maybe this strategy is only valid in one instrument? that can't be right, right?

Everything in the market is like a fart, if you have to force it, it is probably shit

XharpScalper

Tham gia từ Apr 25, 2012 269bài viết

Jan 26, 2017 at 07:26

Tham gia từ Apr 25, 2012 269bài viết

Yes its possible.

dkilmer

Tham gia từ Jun 07, 2015 92bài viết

Jan 26, 2017 at 13:56

Tham gia từ Jun 07, 2015 92bài viết

Thank you :)

Everything in the market is like a fart, if you have to force it, it is probably shit

cccpKGB

Tham gia từ Jan 06, 2017 3bài viết

Jan 29, 2017 at 07:56

Tham gia từ Jan 06, 2017 3bài viết

You might want to look at USDJPY. The average spread from IC Markets on my live ECN account is 0.5 pips, but they take 0.07$ / micro lot. I still prefer paying commission since it gives me the option to include / exclude it from my profit targets.

cccpkgb@

forex_trader_367321

Tham gia từ Oct 08, 2016 44bài viết

Feb 07, 2017 at 12:41

Tham gia từ Oct 08, 2016 44bài viết

I worked on this spread problem/phenomenom for many years before the solution found out.

EURUSD	1.13718	GBPUSD	1.33509	AUDUSD	0.63738
USDJPY	142.767	USDCAD	1.3847	USDCHF	0.82359

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